ETF TRADER — BEATING THE MARKET BY A MILE
We’ve reached the halfway point of this very volatile market year, and so far, our ETF Trader service has allocated to a wide variety of funds on both the long and short sides of the market.
So how has the portfolio performed? Well, I am proud to say we’ve done what I feel is an outstanding job of providing value to our ETF Trader subscribers. In the first six months of the year, the total realized return for the ETF Trader portfolio was +18%.
To get a sense of just how good an 18% return really is, we have to compare it with the major market averages. Through the first half of the year, the Dow Jones Industrial Average was up 4%. The S&P 500 was still in the black for the year, but it only managed an anemic 1.8% gain. The disappointing Nasdaq Composite didn’t even manage to finish the first half in the black, as it lost 1.5% of its value through June 30.
As you can see, following the ETF Trader portfolio has put you way ahead of the game so far in ’06, and I say we are just getting started. We’re looking forward to another six months of big returns. Will it be easy? Definitely not, making money never is. But rest assured we’ll do our best to continue providing you with the kind of returns you’ve come to expect from this service.
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Jim Woods is a 30-plus-year veteran of the markets with varied experience as a broker, hedge fund trader, financial writer, author and newsletter editor.
His books include co-authoring, “Billion Dollar Green: Profit from the Eco Revolution,” and “The Wealth Shield: How to Invest and Protect Your Money from Another Stock Market Crash, Financial Crisis or Global Economic Collapse.” He’s also ghostwritten many books and articles, as well as edited content for some of the investment industry’s biggest luminaries. Read more about Jim Woods.
